Cut sheet, five cuts

Concrete cutting, coring and sawing, five ways

Every job starts with a line on the concrete. What changes is the tool that follows it: a core bit, a flat saw, a track on the wall, a loop of diamond wire, or a hand saw in a tight spot. Here are all five, starting with the one we are asked for most.

01 / Core Drilling

42in

Often as wide as we drill a core, and up to 50 feet deep, changed to your exact specs.

Core drill rig bolted to a floor slab with a freshly pulled concrete core beside the wet hole

Core Drilling

Clean round holes through slabs and walls for electric, plumbing, HVAC, phone and sewer lines, plus drilling out existing anchors so they can be repaired, moved or replaced.

Core drilling is how electric, plumbing, HVAC, phone, sewer and drain lines get through a slab or a wall without cracking what is around the hole. We use diamond and carbide bits, and we can test the concrete structure to make sure it is safe to work on. Hitting rebar or a post-tension cable is the mistake nobody wants, and it is why a core is worth planning before the bit starts turning.

We always leave the work area clean and free of damage. Need an old anchor drilled out so it can be repaired, moved or replaced? Core drilling covers that too.

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Four more ways to open, split or remove concrete

Walk-behind flat saw running a straight wet cut down a long concrete slab in low sun

02 / up to 30 in thick

Slab Sawing

Straight cuts through construction, demolition and remodel slabs: push saws on small pours, riding saws on concrete 30 inches thick, and gas, electric, diesel, hydraulic, propane and Soff Cut saws. Radius sawing and plunge cuts included.

Slab sawing details
Track-mounted wall saw on its rail cutting through a thick concrete wall with cooling water running down

03 / flush to slab or wall

Wall Sawing

Wall sawing, also called track sawing: a track-mounted, remote-controlled saw opens concrete and brick walls for doors, windows, HVAC access and elevator shafts, cut flush and finished with a cut-n-break saw.

Wall sawing details
Diamond wire saw looped around a reinforced concrete pier with cooling spray on the wire

04 / any direction, even underwater

Wire Sawing

For concrete a blade cannot reach. Steel-encased concrete, retaining walls and heavy rebar, cut by a diamond-infused wire in any direction. Minimal vibration and noise.

Wire sawing details
Cleanly sawn rectangular opening in a block wall with the cut-out piece set on timbers beside it

05 / cut, lift, sweep

Demolition and Hand Sawing

Saw the line first, then take it out: patio slabs, openings and selective demolition, with hand saws for the tight spots a big saw cannot reach.

Demolition details

Commercial, industrial and residential jobs, one phone call

We work across Alabama and surrounding states, from our shop at 828 Demasters Avenue NW in Huntsville. Tell us what needs cutting, how thick it is and what is behind it. Estimates are free, and we can talk it through by phone first.